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ifinited fiiatw GARLETON HUTOHINS, OF ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 98,065, dated December 21, 1869.

IMPROVED noorme-comrom The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentand making part of themme.

IQGABLETON B. HUTGHIN'S', of Ann Arbor, county of Was'htenaw, and Stateof Michigan, have invented a new and improved Composition for CoveringRoofs and other structures.

The nature of my invention consists in the compounding of ingredients,with directions hereafter named.

To prepare this composition, I take one pound of resin, four pounds 'ofvegetable tar, four pounds of ground slate or ground stone of any kind,one-half pound of cut straw, or any kindof tough-fihred dried grasses,and one-quarter of a pound of hair. Clean gravel can be mixed in, orapplied to the top. I beat slowly, and stir until all is meltedvand wellmixed.

Then applywith a trowel on matched boards, or any other structure youmay Wish.

You can increase or diminish any of these ingredients; or,- for atop-dressir- I omit the straw and in-'

